The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month. Zhaoxi City, which used to be bustling with people, is becoming less and less populated, and the small traders on the street are also pushing their own carts to their homes, and no matter where they go, they can smell the fragrance of New Year's food in every household. When each family is busy, the lanterns of Mengling are all hung at the foot of the mountain, which is a jubilant festival, and only the intermittent crying sound at the mountain gate is heard.

"Senior, senior brother, you should be careful all the way." Xi Feiling sniffed, his face full of reluctance.

"Yes, you must come back before fifteen!" Zuo Ming comforted Xi Feiling while wiping his tears.

"Senior brother, we will greet you in advance!"

"Little Kim! Come back and we'll play together again! ”

"Bai Gongzi Gan Gongzi, you are too!"

Jiang Yi saw that everything was fully equipped and did not delay any longer, and several people waved their hands and said New Year's blessings before leaving in the dust.

"By the way, where are the senior brothers going?"

"It seems to be Huaizhou."

"How is that possible? Can you catch it in just two days? ”

"Probably so."

"Are you sure you're not kidding me?"

Sure no.

Jiang Yi roared when he left Mengling, "Mother, this is definitely going to toss me!" What to believe that I will come, is to believe that I will die! ”

In order to arrive in Huaizhou before the New Year, everyone hurried non-stop, but fortunately, the stores were not closed at each station, and they could occasionally rest.

The wind blew across his cheeks as sharp as a needle, and the pain was constantly covered by the wind and frost and numb. Along the way, everyone braved strong winds, drizzles, and hail. In his heart, he was even more in awe of Xi Yansheng, and he was a tossing person who changed the law, Jiang was really still old and spicy!

Wipe the nose and everyone hurriedly go, aren't you going to suffer from the cold wind, and you are afraid of this after the knife?

Then I'd rather get a knife!

Twenty-ninth of the lunar month. The weather was fine, except for the hands and feet that were so cold that they didn't obey the call, everything was normal, at least they were still alive.

"I said that the days of confinement were so leisurely, and the co-authors were waiting for us here." Jiang Yi leaned on the mat period, his eyes were empty, and he was reluctant to move his eyelids.

"Brother Wulang, can you be happy?"

Everyone glanced at each other, suddenly remembered the great deeds along the way, and somehow laughed happily.

"Happy!" Jiang Yi smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, "I will never forget it." ”

"Don't say it too soon."

"Shut up!"

The thirtieth day of the lunar month. As soon as the hours passed, the silent night sky began to be noisy, and the sound of bells and firecrackers from afar woke up the otherwise quiet jungle.

Xi Zhen listened to the sound that heralded the arrival of the New Year, and began to recall many beautiful things, with the company of his family for more than 20 years, and the friendship of his brothers and sisters for more than 20 years, he turned his gaze, and now he has been thinking about each other for more than 20 years, which is enough.

"Damn! It's going to chill me to death! Hiss,"

"Can this kill you? I don't think it will freeze if I throw you into the glacier. ”

"You're not bad for you?"

"How can I have no Lang brother, you have thick skin hahaha, now you are a soup chicken, and then you will be a frozen chicken."

"Do the job! I have to destroy you today! ”

"No waves, so rested."

"If it weren't for Sangrang's sake, you would see that I would not be able to perish."

"Fifth Senior Brother, you can shut up."

"Ruo'er, you are eccentric!"

Xi Zhen's round eyes stared at the entrance, and after a while, he saw a bunch of packages in his hands, walking leisurely one by one, and Jiang Yi, who was at the forefront, heard the bell ringing as soon as he stepped on the bridge.

"Yo, just in time, big brother, long time no see!"

Gan Qingsi also said, "Senior Brother Xi, long time no see!" ”

"Senior brother, this is the new clothes that the head asked me to bring you, as well as Lan Xiao's candy, and the pastries sent by the bride." Xi Ziqi smiled, "By the way, senior brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Senior brother, we're here." Xi Ruobai said.

A few people seemed to have gone home from a long trip home to chat about family life, this familiar feeling made Xi Zhen's eyes hazy with tears, and tears fell the moment the corners of his mouth rose, "You guys, ......"

Regardless of the two big bags of things in his hand, Jiang Yi walked up to a bear hug, "I know you must want to kill me." ”

Xi Zhen's nose was even more sour, and he came to his senses before covering his hand, "Hmm." ”

"Senior brother, I want to eat the dumplings you made."

"How can there be anything that can be done?" Xi Zhen said helplessly.

Jiang Yi raised the package in his hand and smiled, "It's all here." We came hungry, don't we prepare a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? ”

"Give."

Xi Zhen smiled and took it and walked to the inner room.

The people who were left behind didn't follow, Jiang Yi said, "Senior brother, he's fine." ”

The mat period smiled and nodded.

"It's that I'm thinking too much." Jiang Yi originally thought that Xi Zhen was just hiding in this Chonglian Xuan in order to escape from reality, but in fact, such a tranquil day seemed to be very suitable, just like the feeling he gave people. "Sangrang, will thirteen years be too short?"

"It may be short for us, but it's long for Senior Brother."

If Xi Zhen heard this, he would definitely say, well, it's very long, so long that he is afraid of forgetting that person again.

Xi Zhen's cooking skills are terrible, so bad that everyone would rather starve to death than touch a single bit, and the only thing to eat is the mountain ghost ballad, but that was fourteen years ago. Many years later, Xi Zhen has long been a person who is in charge of half the sky in the kitchen, but it is a pity that that person has never had a chance again.

If there is anything really wrong with Xi Zhen, it is that he is an extremely picky eater, and his requirements for food can be said to be the same as his level of spiritual cultivation. Until he remembered the wild vegetable soup that the man had cooked for him with a grin.

There is very little oil and water, it is light, the taste of the dish is bitter, and it is really uncomfortable when it passes the tongue, but Xi Zhen thinks that it is a delicacy in the world. He even wondered if the Ghost Rumor had put some addictive medicine in it, and if so, it was really bad. He was crazy trying to cook the same taste, but it always turned out to be unsatisfactory. Something was always missing, he thought about it for a long, long time, and then realized that it was the person who was gone.

If Xi Zhen could taste that kind of wild vegetable soup again, he would definitely cry, definitely.

The joy of the New Year was conveyed even in the remote Chonglian Xuan, where hot dumplings and fragrant meals were already on the table. Everyone scraped together two tables and eight benches, and sat around the fire while moving the dishes and chopsticks.

"First of all, I'm going to toast to my senior brother, he must have been frightened by the first visit." Jiang Yi raised his glass, and Xi Zhen also raised his cup to signal.

"Secondly, I want to toast to Sang Rang, a new year and a new atmosphere, I hope he and his object will continue like this." Jiang Yi poured another full cup, and after clinking glasses with the mat period adjacent to him, he was about to drink it, and there was a lot of opposition next to him.

"No! Dissatisfied! Gan Qingsi first made an opinion, "You just touch a cup?" No longer indicate the next representation? ”

"A glass of wine!" Jin Yutang coaxed, "Oh oh! ”

"Agreed!" Bai Tong said.

"Seconded!" Gan Yungui is also interested.

Jiang Yi pointed to this group of people who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement and said, "Look at what kind of thoughts you have!" It's almost time to catch up with me, Jiang Wulang, I'm pleased. Hey, Sangrang, we can't let the masses down, can we? ”

Xi Ziqi smiled helplessly and took the initiative to circle his hand, "Jiang Wulang, I think you don't want to be disappointed." ”

"Drink one and go one!" In unison like slogans, the two drank their glasses.

"Ahem, then, toast my junior brother, the longer it grows, the more beautiful it becomes, the better it gets hahaha."

Are you sure you're not talking about junior sister?

Xi Ruobai also silently raised his glass and drank.

"And then it's our business! Wow, this year is really good and bad all caught up with him, Brother Qingsi, this must go one, right? ”

Gan Qingsi just raised his glass and Xi Ruobai took it, although he didn't speak, everyone understood what he meant, after all, Gan Qingsi had injuries on his body, and he could understand it.

"Wait Ruo'er, how can you help him drink?" Jiang Yi asked deliberately.

Xi Ruobai drank indifferently and said, "What's the difference between his and mine?" ”

Without much banter between his eyebrows, he said, "Oh, that's done." Next, I should pay tribute to our little brother Bai, I have never talked about ghosts with people so freely, I won't say much about Brother Qingsi, in short, little brother Bai is very promising! Come on, come on! ”

Bai Tong smiled and folded his sleeves to take the wine glass, and because the two were far away, he slightly tilted to clink glasses, and then drank it all.

"Happy! This is to Little Brother Gan, we have already met anyway, you kid is very good! Anyway, everyone has come all the way together, so you can continue to follow me in the future! ”

Gan Yungui and Jiang Yi also had a good conversation in those days, so they responded, "Of course! Of course! Senior Brother Jiang is mighty! ”

"In the end, it's our likable little brother Jin, that, little brother Bai got his wine back."

Bai Tong also quickly poured the other party's wine into his own cup.

"Why, Brother Jiang, I'm eighteen!" Jin Yutang is very dissatisfied, everyone has been letting him run away from the world because he is not allowed to drink, he is really curious, it is too much to not let him do this New Year!

"Eighteen is not allowed, wait until you get married."

"Brother Jiang, I'm marrying." Jin Yutang replied with a smile.

"yes, don't worry. As for the last little brother Jin, I wish you a drink next year, my brother can wait. ”

Jin Yutang drank the white water sullenly, so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.

Jiang Yi turned a blind eye and said, "Young people, don't be too pessimistic, don't learn from us adults at a young age to get involved in the world too early." ”

"Brother Jiang, you are crooked!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Finally, for all of you." Jiang Yi stretched out his wine glass.

Everyone laughed in unison again, "Happy New Year!" ”

When the clock rings, the sky seems to sing a New Year's hymn, bringing in the laughter of all things. Fireworks are blooming, smiles are blooming, and in the new year, you are all okay.

Each of them was noisy and noisy, and this Chonglian Xuan, which had been silent for a long time, finally came alive and warmed into the hearts of the people.

Gan Qingsi raised the cup, there was clear water in it, and he deliberately took it to Xi Ruobai for inspection before taking it back, "Tinghuan, what are your wishes for the new year?" ”

He thought for a long time, and finally spoke, "Live with you." The four words Xi Ruobai said in an extremely flat tone, but the true emotion in his eyes stunned Gan Qingsi.

Gan Qingsi laughed suddenly, as bright as fireworks falling into his eyes, like a promise and a wish, he said, "Xi Tinghuan, this year has passed, and I will live with you." ”

Xi Ruobai's cup touched his lightly, and the two of them raised their heads and swallowed the heart.

Water is sweet, and so is wine.

In the middle of the night, everyone was so tired that they were crooked, but fortunately, they were only slightly drunk and not drunk, and they could still walk back to their residences. After a long journey all the way, everyone can get a place to shelter from the wind and rain, I don't know how happy they are, plus the aftertaste of full wine and food, even the drowsiness comes very quickly, and the sleep is very sweet.

Although he didn't know why Xi Zhen lived in a dilapidated stone cave, no matter how he guessed, he probably couldn't do without the mountain ghost ballad.

"Sangrang, you and Yi'er go to sleep first, I'll be back later." After Xi Zhen finished speaking, he walked out of the cave alone.

In the middle of the night, it is the most deserted, the firewood has been extinguished, the candles are also extinguished, only the stars are few, and the long wind is endless.

One person squatted in front of the tombstone with half a pot of wine and two cups, he poured the wine full, with some joy in his eyes, "I'm very happy today, they all came to see me, and they accompanied me to celebrate the New Year." Do you know? Everyone ate the dumplings I made, but you didn't, and if you were, you'd be fooling around again. He didn't stop when the wine spilled, "I'm starting to regret it, I shouldn't have told you that thirteen years is too long, do you know how much I resent you?" He choked up for a long time and said, "You know how much I miss you." ”

He picked up his glass and touched it with the glass in front of the tombstone, and his movements were very light, as if he was afraid of being afraid of making a long sleep.

Let the spicy run through the throat and nose, and let the bitterness fill the heart. He opened his lips and said, "Happy New Year, ghost, I am still twelve years away from you." ”